Badly Designed Bullbars

OLLY BOLLY · 28-01-2007, 11:20

Just thought i would post a new thread on this subject after seeing BU member Lonewolf_2800 destroy the front of his AU XR8 yesterday at waroona, due to a badly designed bullbar. Seems Irvin does not weld their mounting brackets on correctly and at a low speed impact (under 20 kp/h) with a rock, it bent and mangled the brackets, sheared the bolt heads off etc. end result $$$$ damage (nose cone stuffed, 2 front fenders rooted). So who here has also had their utes damaged by stupidly designed bullbars

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OLLY BOLLY · 28-01-2007, 11:24

so I stress again, this is why i run my oversized steel bar on all my utes. It has copped and absolute hammering over the years, and is still in perfect condition it has never shifted (although i did bend it off once, but that was due to a rusted out chassis on the Feral HZ). Now just thinking back to the impact wolfy had with a small rock at 20 kp/h, one can only wonder what would have happened if it had straddled a roo carcass at 130 kp/h hmmmmmmm. We will be seeing irvin during the week, to discuss and hopefully get some sort of resolve about the damage done due to shoddy design.

LS1_CHEV · 28-01-2007, 12:10

keep us informed of what happend with irvin , coz i have one of those bars and i reckon there badly designed and made , and have no strength at all ...

OLLY BOLLY · 28-01-2007, 12:29

will do mate!

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Stace · 28-01-2007, 16:38

Heard a couple stories about utes being fitted with bull bars that are so strong (not talking normal five-posters) and on impact, with trees, rocks, kangaroos etc it results in a fractured or bent chassis. can see what your saying about design flaws when something rips the mounts at less then 20kph, but sometimes bars that are too big can cause more damage, not only to the vehicle but the driver/passenger aswell.

lone_wolf_2800 · 29-01-2007, 16:12

i spoke to irvin bullbars today the have quoted me 350 bucks for them to replace the mounting bracket and fix the bent suport on the bullbar and they wont be able to strengthen it anumore then it is and he also said it common for the feral 3 poster to come back for repairs due to the bar bending the rackets up from hitting roos but mine was the first he has seen bend down so now i am getting a new bar made up by truckabar so irvins bars that was a $2000 dollar mistake!!!!!

Bluey's Maloo · 29-01-2007, 17:32

YEah i think irvin have there faults. It happend to a mate once who rear ended a car in front, it spun on the brackets and creased his two fenders and the C channel was rubbing on the tyres.
A month ago i was waiting at lights in Perth when the bloke in one of those Falcon RTV's ran up the bac of a truck. Exactly the same thing happend.

georgie girl · 29-01-2007, 17:32

yeah go the truckabar, he does a good job and is a good bloke.

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FeralPrick · 29-01-2007, 17:38

lol yea i was wonderin how long it would be b4 yous woud put this up here, i must admit when i got my 3poster,even though second hand, it was poorly made i did notice some rough spots, but hey its better than nuthin

THE FLYING SCOTSMAN · 29-01-2007, 20:19

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Originally Posted by lone_wolf_2800

i spoke to irvin bullbars today the have quoted me 350 bucks for them to replace the mounting bracket and fix the bent suport on the bullbar and they wont be able to strengthen it anumore then it is and he also said it common for the feral 3 poster to come back for repairs due to the bar bending the rackets up from hitting roos but mine was the first he has seen bend down so now i am getting a new bar made up by truckabar so irvins bars that was a $2000 dollar mistake!!!!!

take a photo of it on the back of your ute saying want to waste $2000 buy one of these bars send the photo to the people and tell them you will display it free of charge.get a couple of stickers made up for it (touch at your own risk) (please do not touch may fall apart) you know what i meen wolfy

28-01-2007, 11:20	#1 (permalink)
OLLY BOLLY Status: February 2006 Best Feral Ute! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,416 Rep Power: 0	Badly Designed Bullbars Just thought i would post a new thread on this subject after seeing BU member Lonewolf_2800 destroy the front of his AU XR8 yesterday at waroona, due to a badly designed bullbar. Seems Irvin does not weld their mounting brackets on correctly and at a low speed impact (under 20 kp/h) with a rock, it bent and mangled the brackets, sheared the bolt heads off etc. end result $$$$ damage (nose cone stuffed, 2 front fenders rooted). So who here has also had their utes damaged by stupidly designed bullbars

28-01-2007, 11:24	#2 (permalink)
OLLY BOLLY Status: February 2006 Best Feral Ute! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,416 Rep Power: 0	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars so I stress again, this is why i run my oversized steel bar on all my utes. It has copped and absolute hammering over the years, and is still in perfect condition it has never shifted (although i did bend it off once, but that was due to a rusted out chassis on the Feral HZ). Now just thinking back to the impact wolfy had with a small rock at 20 kp/h, one can only wonder what would have happened if it had straddled a roo carcass at 130 kp/h hmmmmmmm. We will be seeing irvin during the week, to discuss and hopefully get some sort of resolve about the damage done due to shoddy design.

28-01-2007, 12:10	#3 (permalink)
LS1_CHEV Status: June Peoples Choice Ute Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: city Posts: 94 Rep Power: 4	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars keep us informed of what happend with irvin , coz i have one of those bars and i reckon there badly designed and made , and have no strength at all ...

28-01-2007, 12:29	#4 (permalink)
OLLY BOLLY Status: February 2006 Best Feral Ute! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,416 Rep Power: 0	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars will do mate!

28-01-2007, 16:38	#5 (permalink)
Stace Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: woodanilling Posts: 635 Rep Power: 3	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars Heard a couple stories about utes being fitted with bull bars that are so strong (not talking normal five-posters) and on impact, with trees, rocks, kangaroos etc it results in a fractured or bent chassis. can see what your saying about design flaws when something rips the mounts at less then 20kph, but sometimes bars that are too big can cause more damage, not only to the vehicle but the driver/passenger aswell. __________________ If youre gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

29-01-2007, 16:12	#6 (permalink)
lone_wolf_2800 Status: Beaut Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Country Victoria Posts: 363 Rep Power: 4	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars i spoke to irvin bullbars today the have quoted me 350 bucks for them to replace the mounting bracket and fix the bent suport on the bullbar and they wont be able to strengthen it anumore then it is and he also said it common for the feral 3 poster to come back for repairs due to the bar bending the rackets up from hitting roos but mine was the first he has seen bend down so now i am getting a new bar made up by truckabar so irvins bars that was a $2000 dollar mistake!!!!!

29-01-2007, 17:32	#7 (permalink)
Bluey's Maloo Status: Feral Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boyup Brook Posts: 183 Rep Power: 3	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars YEah i think irvin have there faults. It happend to a mate once who rear ended a car in front, it spun on the brackets and creased his two fenders and the C channel was rubbing on the tyres. A month ago i was waiting at lights in Perth when the bloke in one of those Falcon RTV's ran up the bac of a truck. Exactly the same thing happend.

29-01-2007, 17:32	#8 (permalink)
georgie girl Status: yeeehaaaa Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dalwallinu Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars yeah go the truckabar, he does a good job and is a good bloke.

29-01-2007, 17:38	#9 (permalink)
FeralPrick Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eastern Suburbs Posts: 552 Rep Power: 4	Re: Badly Designed Bullbars lol yea i was wonderin how long it would be b4 yous woud put this up here, i must admit when i got my 3poster,even though second hand, it was poorly made i did notice some rough spots, but hey its better than nuthin __________________ *THE FERAL HAS RETURNED* *GOT THE UTE* *AND SHES A BEAUT*